Read Series: Skip Langdon
by Author Julie Smith
House of Blues (1995)
The Edgar-winning series of New Orleans mysteries starring Skip Langdon continues. After prominenet New Orleans restauranteur Arthur Hebert is murdered, three family members suspiciously vanish. Skip's hunt for a killer and the missing Hebert heirs embraces worlds within worlds. HC: Fawcett.
Crescent City Kill (1998)
Who or what is The Jury? To her horror, NOPD detective Skip Langdon discovers it is a new, national, fast-growing, and very volatile organization headquartered in New Orleans. Its mission: to execute those who have "escaped" prosecution. What's more, Skip perceives that behind this deadly, clande...
82 Desire (1999)
Councilwoman Bebe Fortier has misplaced her equally prominent husband. Across town, part-time detective-poet Talba Wallis has a simple wish--to find out what Russell Fortier's disappearance has to do with her. But the private investigator who hired Talba to spy on Fortier can't help her out. He's...
Mean Woman Blues (2013)
RATING: 3.5There are certain things that you can count on—death, taxes and that the Formosan termites will return to New Orleans every May to feast on that city's structures. And in Homicide Detective Skip Langford's life, there's one other given—that her enemy and nemesis, Errol Jacomine, oh so...
Death Before Facebook (2012)
I was drawn to this mystery by its setting (New Orleans) and its provocative title. It was interesting as a bit of a period piece: set in 1994, we are in a world that still used floppy disks, and where interacting via online bulletin board communities was perceived as a fascinating and intriguing...